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Brazos Valley cleans up after storms

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST


Brazos Valley residents on Saturday began what was, for some, the arduous task of cleaning up the debris and devastation left in the wake of Friday night's torrential rainstorm.
A total of 6.45 inches of rain was measured through Saturday morning ...

More veterans seeking college educations

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST


As war waged nearby in bloody Al-Anbar province, Cody Bingham daydreamed of being out of the Iraqi desert and in a Texas A&M classroom
"When you're in-country, you have a lot of downtime to plan for the future," said Bingham, 28, who served t ...

Storm was likely cause of Bryan blaze

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:19 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Lightning may be to blame for a fire that consumed a vacant restaurant building Friday evening near Yesterday's bar on Texas Avenue in Bryan.
More than two dozen firefighters from Bryan and several from College Station responded ...

More veterans seeking college educations

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST


As war waged nearby in bloody Al-Anbar province, Cody Bingham daydreamed of being out of the Iraqi desert and in a Texas A&M classroom
"When you're in-country, you have a lot of downtime to plan for the future," said Bingham, 28, who served t ...

College Station reins in green projects

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST


The College Station City Council opted to go green in 2008, making its intentions clear in the first sentence of a new 66-word policy statement: "College Station is committed to being a leader in resource conservation and protection of our environm ...

Texas A&M team helps craft Medicaid care formula

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST


The Department of State Health Services recently began using an assessment form created by a team of Texas A&M System researchers to better evaluate how much home care is required for children with special needs covered by Medicaid.
A team of ...

Texas A&M team helps craft Medicaid care formula

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST


The Department of State Health Services recently began using an assessment form created by a team of Texas A&M System researchers to better evaluate how much home care is required for children with special needs covered by Medicaid.
A team of ...

Teens to perform in concerto finals

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST

Special to The Eagle
Three of the community's most talented young violinists will compete Sunday in the finals of the 14th Annual Brazos Valley Youth Concerto Competition. They will perform before a panel of judges and an audience at 3 p.m. at Peace ...

Program to show live 19th-century farming

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:19 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportVisitors to the Barrington Living History Farm near Brenham will have the chance to see farm animals working a field to prepare it for planting during a program offered on Feb. 11 and 12.During the "Beasts of Burden" program, visito ...

Measure to end violence in Syria vetoed

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:19 PM PST


BEIRUT -- Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at ending Syria's bloodshed, despite international outrage Saturday over a devastating bombardment of the city of Homs by President Bashar Assad's forces. Activists said mor ...

Police clear out Occupy Austin camp

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:17 PM PST


AUSTIN -- Occupy Austin's nearly 4-month-long campout in front of City Hall has been ended with police clearing out the demonstrators.
At least seven people were arrested and protesters were ousted Friday night, a day after a new city policy took ...

Agents put in overtime on border, but arrests down

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:15 PM PST


Border Patrol agents have racked up daily overtime at a cost of about $1.4 billion in the past six years while the number of arrests of illegal border crossers has fallen to the lowest level in nearly 40 years, an Associated Press analysis of agenc ...

Mitt Romney gets easy win in Nevada

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:19 PM PST


LAS VEGAS -- Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace.
In victory, the former Massachusett ...

Faith calendar

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 11:53 PM PST

Sunday
Faith United Church (UUC), 2901 Austin's Colony Parkway in Bryan, will hold a Sunday study "Introducing the Disciples" at 9:15 a.m., fellowship at 10 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. The Rev. Karl Tewold's message will be "Why We Do What We Do ...

Komen backers say relationship tainted

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:17 PM PST


NEW YORK -- When Dorothy Twinney first saw a Race for the Cure walk for breast cancer -- "a sea of pink" traveling through her hometown of Plymouth, Mich. -- she was so moved she sat in her car and wept.
This week, after watching The Susan G. Kom ...

Egyptian captors release American women

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST


CAIRO -- Their kidnappers gave them tea and dried fruit, and talked about religion and tribal rights. The California women were allowed to bring their Egyptian tour guide with them. One even put out his cigarette in the car when a hostage said the ...

'Don't call me African-American'

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST


The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people from the slave house to the White House. Today, many are resisting this progression by holding on to a name from the past: "black."
For this group -- some desce ...

Russian protesters rally against Vladimir Putin's rule

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:19 PM PST


MOSCOW -- Their frozen breath rising in the brutally frigid air, tens of thousands of protesters marched through downtown Moscow on Saturday to keep up the pressure on Prime Minister Vladimir Putin one month before a presidential election that coul ...

Pets need some prep for new babies

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:19 PM PST


LOS ANGELES -- Parents have months to get ready for a baby. Experts say the countdown should include prep time for pets too. A baby changes everything for a pet -- from how its home looks, smells and sounds to what the rules are.
Low energy, frie ...

Bop the night away at sock hop

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST

First, Brazos Valley TROUPE's Artistic Director M.A. Sterling told his young troopers what a sock hop was. They obviously bought in and agreed it would be a great Valentine's Day treat for not only we elders of the sock hop era, but our kids and our ...

Nancy Pelosi, James Carville stopping by Bush Library

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST

Celebrate President's Day at the Bush Library Center with Nancy Pelosi, Democratic leader of the United States House of Representatives and former Speaker of the House. On Feb. 20, Pelosi, who represents the 8th Congressional District of California, ...

Our Neighbors: Students of the week

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:18 PM PST

Jake Fuller
Facts: 13-year-old seventh-grader at Sam Rayburn Middle School
Parents/guardian: Mark and Robin Fuller
Favorite subject: Math
Favorite teacher: Coach Pekar
College or university plans: Texas A&M University.
Ambitions and dreams: ...

Our Neighbors: Higher education

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:18 PM PST

* Anna Malone, who graduated from A&M Consolidated in 2008, was recently selected to receive the Carwell-Herbert Award. This award is given each year to the outstanding senior English major at Southwestern University.
* Suzanne Saylak of Bryan ...

Our Neighbors: Ladies Auxiliary

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:18 PM PST

Members of the WaldenBrooke Estates Ladies Auxiliary recently made Valentines for the returning veterans and aging veterans in Temple and at Waldenbrooke.

Our Neighbors: Rodeo Historical Society

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:18 PM PST

Michael Hudson, a Bryan native, recently was elected to a three-year term on the Rodeo Historical Society Board.
Hudson developed a love of the "Western way of life" as a child entering into rodeo when he was 14.
At Sam Houston State University, ...

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